Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For June 27, 2019 In a sign that Americans are fed up with
the crisis at the border, Pelosi has caved and will bring the Senate passed
funding bill with no restrictions on border enforcement which will most likely
pass despite the howls of AOC; 10 wanna-bes appeared on the stage to face
Rachel Maddow’s pro left softball questions on which to rage (slammed for
softball questions when it looked more like them playing T-Ball not in any way
to prepared to debate Trump in the fall); in a surprise move two Mostly Slanted
Negative Biased Cack news pundits declared Trump the winner in last night’s
softball debate tournament; the charge of open border support must be getting
under the Blues’ skin as De Castro who supports decriminalizing illegal border
crossings claims with a straight face that he is not in favor of open borders
as he slammed O’Rourke; De Blasio touted his call for a 70% tax rate on the
wealthy while Rep Gabbard’s Google searches have increasd exponentially as
Americans learned that she had volunteered to serve in a medical unit in a
combat zone in Iraq for 12 months; new leaders at ICE as the head of DHS is
immersed in hot water over allegations he leaked information about planned ICE
raids and fought to have ICE agents stand down; SCOTUS punted on the issue of a
question of including immigration status of respondents and sent the case back
to the District Court for more fact finding on the rationale behind the
question (California with its leading number of illegals must be pleased its
loss of residents fleeing the state will be offset by illegals who cannot vote
in the first place); in some unpleasant news for Boeing, the FAA has found some
new software glitches in its 737 Max line further delaying its return to
service;
through
June 26, 2019 1192 people have been shot in Chicago of whom 224 have died
(what makes the Smollett case so frustrating and why the appointment of a
special prosecutor should be applauded, is that it forced the city of Chicago to
allocate scarce detective resources when in only 9% of the shootings resulting
in murder has a suspect being charged this year).
1. National
PTSD Awareness Day—observed on the day since 2014 to promote awareness and seek
cures and treatment for the 6% of our population
that will experience an event that will create post traumatic stress syndrome
in their lifetime.
2. National
HIV Test Day—celebrated first on June 27, 1995 to encourage people to test
for the presence of the HIV virus since you cannot stop the spread or begin
recovery if you do not know you are infected.
3. 1956 Number One Song—the
number one song on this day in 1956 with 6 weeks in that position was “The
Wayward Wind* by Gogi Grant. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_4IzbsbOM
The restless wind stopped blowing on her face at the age of 91 on March 10, 2016.
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day as we move from words beginning with “o”
to words beginning with “p” is “persiflage” which means idle chatter which
is what you want to avoid in the work place when you have deadlines.
5. Blind and Deaf But Not Dumb:—celebrating the birth on
this day in 1880 of noted author, suffragist, and activist Helen Keller who infected
with a disease that left her deaf and blind but she overcame these difficulties
to lead a very productive life.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Gogi
Grant, 5 factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that you avoid
persiflage at work, a quote by Helen of what can be seen, secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like college
graduations, birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the
Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price
tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for
details.
On
this day in:
a. 1950 in response to
the invasion by North Korea, the U.S. decided to send troops to South Korea to
repel the invasion..
b. 1974 President
Richard Nixon made a state visit to the Soviet Union, the first president to do
so but the trip did not prevent the continuation of the Watergate investigation
and his subsequent resignation.
c. 1976 El-Al Flight 139
was diverted by hijackers after leaving Athens and diverted to Benghazi where it
was flown to Entebbe, Uganda where later
Israeli commanders landed to rescue all but four of the 102 Jewish hostages who
remained.
d. 2007 Tony Blair resigned
as Prime Minister of the U.K. after serving 10 years.
e. 2008 Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe was reelected as president in a landslide after his opponent had withdrawn
a week earlier due to violence his supporters; facing impeachment 10 years
later and under house arrest, he resigned in 2018.
Reflections on what can be
seen: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched - they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller
Please enjoy the poems
on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet
and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining
poems on my blogs—click oe links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History,
poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news
items of importance or for just This
Day in History go to www.Alaskanpoethistory.blogspot.com.
June 27, 2019 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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